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Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio to Produce Brave New World Film

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio have teamed up to produce a new film version of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s fearsome cautionary novel from 1932....  read more

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Cast and plot unveiled for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood flick

As it heads into production, Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood has begun to shape up beyond its vague early details....  read more

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Cate Blanchett to join Russell Crowe in Robin Hood

Through its unusually public development process, Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood has evolved from an ostensible character experiment for Russell Crowe to, Variety now reports, a reworked version of Gladiator, the movie that first brought Scott and Crowe together nearly a decade ago....  read more

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Murk surrouding Ridley Scott's Nottingham cleared up

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Ridley Scott’s Nottingham just got a lot more sensible—and a lot less cool....  read more

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Body of Lies

Near the beginning of Ridley Scott's topical thriller Body of Lies, CIA bigwig...  read more

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Russell Crowe to play Robin Hood/Sheriff for Ridley Scott?

Russell Crowe is known for his overpowering screen presence, a trait his frequent collaborator Ridley Scott has used to his advantage by casting him in performance showcases (Gladiator) or with another actor who can hold his own (Denzel Washington in American Gangster). But for the pair’s fifth film together, the gestating Robin Hood fable Nottingham, rumors suggest the venerable English director has found a simpler corrective: cast Crowe in both the lead roles....  read more

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Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian film changes directors

A Los Angeles Times article on the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road (starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron) curiously dropped this little nugget of information: writer/director and sometimes actor Todd Field is currently working on an adaptation of McCarthy’s Blood Meridian novel. Ridley Scott had previously been attached to direct the tale, said to be a brutal 1850’s Western where Native Americans are slaughtered for profit....  read more

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Ridley Scott, Casey Affleck take on The Kind One

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While he's still putting the finishing touches on Body of Lies, Ridley Scott has been hired by Warner Bros. to direct and produce The Kind One. A period drama set in 1930s Los Angeles, the film is about an amnesiac working for a mobster who eventually falls in love with his boss's girlfriend. "It's a world that Ridley has never touched before, so that's what drew him to the project," producer Jules Daly told Variety. Casey Affleck is also signed on for the project, working with the same producers who worked with hi on The Assassination of Jesse James by...  read more

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American Gangster studio sued for defamation by DEA trio

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For Ridley Scott, making Gladiator may have had its risks. There were the lions, the weaponry and the Russell Crowe. But at least Sir Scott was confident that no historical figure from the Roman Empire would be suing him or his producers for, say, $55 million. But when you make a movie not set thousands of years ago, litigation sometimes becomes a risk. American Gangster, Scott’s crime epic about all kinds of heroin-related dealings in 1970s-era Harlem, has provoked a defamation lawsuit from three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Guess how much they’re suing for? (Hint: see the totally arbitrary...  read more

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A Good Year

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In A Good Year, Russell Crowe’s character knows that a stock’s price will peak...  read more

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